ICYMI - Why did the City of Toronto lease WE Charity's former HQ for $6 million?
This was long before WE Charity and the Kielburger brothers became central figures in a political controversy involving a $912-million student grant contract.
“I was not consulted properly prior to city staff signing the lease agreement. If WE Organization solicited the city to bring this property to their attention, then we should know about it. Is the lease price in line with comparable properties in the area? I don’t think these questions are unreasonable,” she said.
The mayor’s office says the decision to sign a lease with 233 Carlton Street was not made by Tory himself, nor did he have any discussions with any of the Kielburgers about the transaction. “Any suggestion or statement suggesting otherwise is false,” said Peat. WE Charity says that the Kielburger parents were approached by an independent real estate agent who was hired by the City of Toronto to seek out possible sites to lease. That was confirmed by a city spokesperson, who said the city hired Lennard Commercial Realty Brokerage to scout out locations.
Fisher, a former co-ordinator of the Cabbagetown Business Improvement Area , said that the choice to turn 233 Carlton into a women’s shelter was simply odd, because the building’s existing layout as a commercial office building had to be “wrenched out of shape to fit a respite centre’s special needs”.
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